angelfish rejecting food
On Apr 12, 8:28?pm, "Tippi" wrote:
And to reiterate, it's excited when I start to feed and rushes over,
but either does not touch the food or spits it out.
Hi there.
If the fish is still getting all excited to see you and before a feed,
that's a good sign.
It's been too long to be a "hunger strike", which is common when first
added to a tank.
However, 2 months later....nope. Was anything else added recently to
the tank? Anything at all?
Fish, plant, snail, etc., new food never used before?
How does the fish look? Are his fins held erect or does it just hang
out in one place and look like a C....(dorsal and anal fins held close
to the body)?
Is this fish being chased when it comes out?
Pull up a chair by the tank and watch the behavior of all the fish.
It could be something as simple as the fish is being bullied and his
place to retreat is in the corner for now.
If you have a trustworthy local shop, you could try some live brine
shrimp to entice him to start eating again.
Make sure you have a small brine shrimp net so that you can rinse them
in fresh water before feeding.
Then you can either add the rinsed shrimps to a container of tank
water and feed several tanks or just take the net and swoosh it into
the tank. Angels go completely nuts when live food is added. They go
into a feeding frenzy that anyone who has angels should see.
Those that have know exactly what I mean. They are so gorgeous when
hunting live prey.
Not many Angels can resist a live meal, so see what you can find.
Stay away from live Blackworms or Tubifex worms. Too many nasties come
along for the ride with those.
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